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General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 20, 2017
Apartheid report
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has awarded the highest Palestinian honour to Rima Khalaf, a senior UN official who resigned on Friday amid pressure to withdraw a report that accused Israel of…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 20, 2017
Duterte vs. impeachment
An impeachment motion was filed last Thursday in the Congress of the Philippines against President Rodrigo Duterte. The motion cites the participation of the President in extrajudicial killings…
Indian Politics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 20, 2017
Yogi Adityanath as UP CM
Yogi Adityanath was a "surprise" choice as BJP's Chief Minister for Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah had always considered the Gorakhpur sanyasi as a strong…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 17, 2017
Donald Trump standoff with the GCHQ
The US has agreed not to repeat claims the UK's communications intelligence agency wiretapped Donald Trump in the weeks after he won the US election. GCHQ denied allegations made by the White House..
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 17, 2017
Carbon pricing
Germany will use its G20 Presidency to nudge world leaders towards a global price on carbon, according to its director general of energy policy. German government was preparing research that would…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 17, 2017
“No jab, no play”
In March 2017, Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull announced plans to continue his mission to boost child vaccination percentages in the country. His new plan is modelled around the slogan…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 17, 2017
China’s dollar ambush
Caught between competing priorities and the strength of the US currency, the renminbi might have limited chances to further develop into a full-fledged global currency. A few weeks after blaming…
War - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 17, 2017
Israel carries out air strikes inside Syria
Syria fired missiles at Israeli warplanes early Friday after a series of Israeli airstrikes inside Syria — a rare military exchange between the two hostile neighbors that was confirmed by both sides.
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 16, 2017
Cyber War I
Cyberattack was just the latest directed against the United States by WikiLeaks last week: the release of an enormous cache of documents stolen from the Central Intelligence Agency. To visit the…
Cyber Security - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 16, 2017
Turkish hacks
On the 15th of March, 2017 Hundreds of high profile twitter accounts were hacked by Pro-Erdogan Turkish hackers. The accounts including Forbes, Amnesty International and UNICEF were plastered with…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 16, 2017
Opec’s faltering plan
Contrary to popular belief, there is still a surplus of oil in the worldwide market. OPEC’s cutting of production would only solve their depleting revenues if the supply of oil was going down in…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 15, 2017
Dutch elections
On March 15th, 13 Million people are heading to the election polls around the Netherlands to decide who will make up their next government. Current Prime Minister Mark Rutte will take on the head of…
Indian Politics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 15, 2017
Karnataka budget 2017
On 15 March 2017, the Karnataka Budget for 2017-18 was released and has proposed a number of measures to reduce the price of wine & cinema tickets. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 15, 2017
Thailand 4.0
Deputy Commerce Minister Suvit Maesincee has given a policy briefing on Thailand 4.0 to a gathering of 58 directors of Thai Trade Centers in various countries. The policy will lead to the…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 14, 2017
Article 50 will be triggered
On the 14th of March, the government of the United Kingdom finally won approval from Parliament after months of debate on whether to allow Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger the nation's voluntary…
Business - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 14, 2017
US rate hike
On 15th March 2017, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise interest rates for the first time in 2017. Many markets such as currency market, the gold market and stock indexes have started…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 14, 2017
Turkey-Netherlands row
Turkey has announced a series of measures in retaliation for a Dutch decision to block its ministers from campaigning for a referendum. Deputy PM said the Dutch ambassador would be barred from…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 14, 2017
Trump votes for death penalty for being gay
On 3rd October 2017 the news was published by WashingtonSources saying that Trump votes for death penalty for being gay.
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World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 14, 2017
Park's ouster
Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people massed in Gwanghwamun Square, a large public space in the heart of the capital, Seoul, for one last Saturday evening protest, which ended with a firework…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 14, 2017
Scotland’s second independence vote
On the 14th of March 2017, First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon announced her intention to hold a second referendum on Scotland leaving the United Kingdom. This comes after the announcement of…